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Which thingIalsodidinJerusalem:andmany of the saintsdidI shut up in prison, having receivedauthorityfrom the chief priests;and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
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And I punishedthemoftineverysynagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; andbeingexceedingly mad againstthem, I persecuted them evenunto*strangecities.
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Whereuponas I wenttoDamascuswithauthorityandcommissionfrom the chief priests,
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At midday*, O king, I sawin the way a light from heaven,above the brightness of the sun, shining round aboutmeand them which journeyedwithme.
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And when wewereallfallento the earth, I heard a voicespeakinguntome,andsaying in the Hebrewtongue,Saul,Saul,why persecutest thoume? it is hard for thee to kickagainst the pricks.
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AndIsaid, Who art thou, Lord?And he said, IamJesuswhomthoupersecutest.
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Butrise, andstanduponthyfeet:for I have appeared unto theefor this purpose, to makethee a ministerand a witnessboth of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
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Deliveringtheefrom the people,and from the Gentiles,untowhomnow I sendthee,
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To opentheireyes, and to turn them fromdarknesstolight,and from the power of SatanuntoGod, that they may receiveforgiveness of sins,andinheritanceamong them which are sanctified by faith that is inme.
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Whereupon, O kingAgrippa, I wasnotdisobedient unto the heavenlyvision:
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Butshewedfirst unto them ofDamascus,and at Jerusalem,andthroughoutall the coasts of Judaea,and then to the Gentiles, that they should repentandturntoGod, and doworksmeet for repentance.